Patrick Wall

Education editor & reporter at @nolanews @theadvocatebr
| 🏳️‍🌈 | Formerly @Chalkbeat | DMs open | Fan mail & tips only: patrick.wall at

[James Finn @rjamesfinn]

If you interact with a DOJ monitor at a Louisiana polling place today, I’d love to hear from you: [email protected], jamesfinn.82 on signal #lalege #lagov

[Patrick Wall @patrick_wall]

After a previously defunct board in Louisiana voted to give SpaceX an estimated $24 billion tax exemption at a meeting where no members of the public were present, a lawyer allegedly said: “Take a second to savor the history that was literally just made."
great @alexlubben scoop

[Alex Lubben @alexlubben]

NEW: A lawsuit seeks to void a Vermilion Parish board’s tax deal with SpaceX, alleging eight open meetings law violations, including an agenda that listed the deal under the code name “Project Osprey.”

[Alex Lubben @alexlubben]

NEW: A lawsuit seeks to void a Vermilion Parish board’s tax deal with SpaceX, alleging eight open meetings law violations, including an agenda that listed the deal under the code name “Project Osprey.”

[Sam Karlin @samkarlin]

A bartender traveling to New Orleans for tales of the cocktails was arrested by ICE at MSY and deported to a country she's never been to.

@rjamesfinn on how Louisiana has become the epicenter of ICE's deportations to countries people have no ties to https://t.co/E76rUkRQCA

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

Louisiana’s absenteeism rate is improving, but 1 in 5 students still regularly miss school https://t.co/G5yXfDvy1p via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

Thousands of public school employees - administrators, counselors, nurses - who received state stipends before won't get them under @LAGovJeffLandry's plan.

12,200 school jobs that came with stipends last yr. wouldn't qualify for them this yr. #lalege

https://t.co/7DlwYhOTzg

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

Louisiana is revamping its public school funding formula over the next five months. Advocates are concerned that's too short a time frame. (Tennessee and Texas took far longer to do the same thing and involved more people.) From @patrick_wall #lalege

https://t.co/350ifkDDKL

[Julie O'Donoghue @JSODonoghue]

So where's that $198m you provided for teacher stipends for the past 3 years?

@LAGovJeffLandry and lawmakers are forced to cut $168m from school operations and shift it to stipends because they never included the $198m for stipends in the budget to begin with. #lalege

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

Judge blocks Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to cut school budgets to fund teacher stipends https://t.co/tEKUPUUOaH via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed

[Patrick Wall @patrick_wall]

Some pretty big Louisiana education news: Advocates filed a lawsuit today to block @LAGovJeffLandry's plan to cut public school funding by $168 million to pay for teacher stipends. https://t.co/EeJEJbhxaQ

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

Louisiana school superintendents warn about proposed education cut to fund teacher stipends: ‘We can’t do this’ (from @patrick_wall) #lalege #laed https://t.co/CP33HpVCRF

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

As enrollment declines and staff grows, Louisiana public schools may soon face a reckoning (from @patrick_wall) #lalege #laed https://t.co/nAx910yeGs

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

There have been only four Black congressmen elected to the U.S. House from Louisiana since Reconstruction.

They’re all in this photo.

[Shalini Ramachandran @shalini]

NEW: How YouTube Took Over the American Classroom. We got granular viewing data from parents on how much YouTube kids are watching at school, on school devices, during school hours. 13,000 videos in three months. 200 on a day in March, before lunchtime. https://t.co/oDXUOWYNXE

[Dan Merica @merica]

New w/ @patrickdmarley: Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) told Republican House candidates Wednesday that he plans to suspend next month’s primary elections so state lawmakers can pass a new congressional map first, per two people with knowledge of the call. https://t.co/5QSMj78hKj

[Tyler Bridges @tegbridges]

I just asked LA Gov Jeff Landry whether Legislature would redraw congressional districts this year in light of SCOTUS decision. He said it's too early to say. Landry and legislators are now in a bind. The primary is May 16. Will Trump pressure them to eliminate 1 Dem seat? #lalege #lagov

[Andrea Gallo @aegallo]

New @NOLAnews project out today from the great @patrick_wall. Louisiana traditional public school enrollment is plummeting, leading to layoffs, program cuts, campaigns to win back students. What does this mean for Louisiana’s future?

https://t.co/bvRt966zkP

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

Do Louisiana public schools need more money? State and district leaders debate funding boost. https://t.co/r8xBvCFROU via @patrick_wall #lalege #laed

[Melinda Deslatte @MelindaDeslatte]

‘GATOR is not going to grow’: Senate President rejects Jeff Landry’s bid to expand school vouchers, says he’ll push to keep funding flat at $44M (from ⁦@patrick_wall) #lalege #laed https://t.co/kYzgrwPwkP

[Greg Hilburn @GregHilburn1]

Folks, people are literally freezing to death in their homes without power in northern Louisiana. More than 46,000 Entergy customers without electricity this afternoon #lagov #lalege #WinterStormFern https://t.co/8jZ9qTWYOY via @shreveporttimes